Australian Rainforest Fruits : A Field Guide

Cooper, Wendy/ Cooper, William T. (ILT)

CSIRO Publishing（2013/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780643107847
• DDC分類 581.6320994

Full Description

This beautifully illustrated field guide covers 504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests, as well as a few species that are rare in the wild but generally well-known. These spectacular plants can be seen from Cape York to Victoria, with some species also found in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and overseas.

Rainforest fruits are often beautifully coloured, and in this guide the species are arranged by colour of ripe fruit, then by size and form. Five broad categories - pink to purple, blue to black, yellow and orange to red, green to brown, and white - allow people with even limited botanical knowledge to identify rainforest fruits.

Each species description is accompanied by a leaf drawing, a distribution map, and diagnostic characters to help the reader distinguish similar species.

Australian Rainforest Fruits includes stunning artwork by Australia's leading natural history artist, William T Cooper. It will be sought not just by bushwalkers and natural history enthusiasts, but also by those who admire botanical art at its best.

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Key to rainforest fruit

Pale pink, hot pink, reddish-pink or purple fruit

Blue to black or blackish fruit

Red, orange or yellow fruit

Green to brown fruit

White fruit

Check list of fruiting rainforest plants in eastern Australia (excluding orchids)

Glossary

Index